Adorno’s immanent critique of German ontology aims at expressing the inexpressible without abandoning thought.

Evidence

By means of an immanent critique of the ontology dominant in Germanya continuation of his critique of Husserl published in the 1950sAdorno attempted to point philosophy beyond the self-reflection of the sciences towards authentic concretion: to an expression of the inexpressible that would not abandon thought. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 628

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines Adorno’s positive project in contrast to both scientism and Heideggerian ontology.
• XREF: Links to Adorno’s critique of Husserl and to Negative Dialectics, both treated elsewhere in this book. — connects to: Adorno’s philosophy of history held that transcendence is immanent in immanence. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 207; Adorno prescribed immanent dissolution as the method for dismantling Nazi philosophy. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 208; Immanent critique necessarily aims at transcendence as its unnamed goal. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 334 (+5 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Adorno’s philosophy of history held that transcendence is immanent in immanence. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 207; Adorno prescribed immanent dissolution as the method for dismantling Nazi philosophy. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 208; Immanent critique necessarily aims at transcendence as its unnamed goal. — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School: Its History,…, 334 (+5 more)